the one directly behind me is history of jazz in san francisco. a lot of san francisco culture. the other is history of jazz in the nation. >> you know, sfjazz has always been about great performances, but you've also been very good about jazz education. >> well, we do a few different things education-wise. from middle school students, up through adults. in middle school, we have an innovative program called jazz in the middle where we go into san francisco public middle schools. the flagship program is poetry, and in our case, how the fundamentals they'll learn interact with jazz. at the end of their school year, they'll present their poems to music. >> i stay, but they go. just like a flash of lightning. >> and they do it in classrooms at their school or assembly halls. now they can come here and have a grand performance here. and then they'll get to see our high school all-star program. ♪ you listen to these kids play, and i cannot tell you how exciting it has been to hear professional-level music. ♪ we've been presenting for 30 years and we've had all these artists on ot